State troopers arrested an 18-year-old activist at the Iowa Capitol Thursday as a group rallied against proposed legislation that would increase qualified immunity for law enforcement officers and heighten penalties for some protest-related offenses.
While the group demonstrated on the first floor of the Capitol early Thursday afternoon, state troopers arrested Josie Mulvihill, of Des Moines, charging her with assaulting a police officer, a serious misdemeanor.
Sgt. Alex Dinkla, a spokesperson with the Iowa State Patrol, said Thursday afternoon that he was still gathering information on the incident.
Mulvihill declined to comment on her arrest before she spoke to an attorney, but she showed a Register reporter the criminal complaint against her later Thursday.